Hamstring Strain
A pulled or torn muscle at the back of the thigh, usually at speed or in a stretch. Sore to load, and often slow to feel trustworthy again.
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Hamstring Pain: Common Causes and Conditions
Hamstring pain tends to start one of two ways. Either it grabs suddenly (mid-sprint, chasing a ball, stretching for a kick) and you pull up on the spot. Or it builds quietly as a deep ache right under the sit bone that you notice most after you've been sitting or driving a while.
Those two feel different because they are different, and they aren't managed the same way.
Start with whichever description below sounds most like yours.
Conditions we see in this region
Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
Irritation where the hamstring tendons attach at the sit bone, felt as deep buttock pain that's at its worst with sitting.
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